Jeffrey Vincent Parise
| Jeffrey Vincent Parise | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jeffrey Vincent Parise February 8, 1974 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| Occupation | Actor, artist |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Website | www |
Jeffrey Vincent Parise (born February 8, 1974), is an American actor and artist. Some of his more notable roles include Carlos Rivera and Carlos' twin brother Joe Rivera on the ABC soap opera General Hospital, and Wayne in Anna Biller's cult horror-thriller film The Love Witch.
Parise made his acting debut in 1994 on the television series Sisters where he played the role of Dwayne. After that he entered the Los Angeles theatre scene in a string of plays, including Jerusalem Avenue, written and directed by Christopher Joyce. He then appeared in many short and feature-length films and television series. His films include The Unscarred (2000), Over My Dead Body (2002), 5 Card Stud (2002), Don't Come Knocking (2005) directed by Wim Wenders, Land of Plenty (2004), Dark Reel (2008), Body Politic (2009), and The Face of Love (2013). In 2007, he landed a lead role of Tony in Callback: the Unmaking of Bloodstain, directed by Eric M. Wolfson, for which he won three Best Actor awards for his performance. In 2008 Parise wrote, directed, and starred in the short film Vincent & Lucian.
Parise has been active on television. He played Nick on the television series Cupid from 1998-1999, and he has guest-starred on Turks, Millennium, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI:NY (playing two different characters five years apart), Walker, Texas Ranger, Titans, NYPD Blue, Monk, Judging Amy, The District, Veronica Mars, Party Down, Burn Notice, and Castle. In 2007-2008 he was cast in Days of Our Lives playing the role of Detective Sullivan in 10 episodes. Parise joined the cast of General Hospital in 2013, playing the role of bad boy Carlos Rivera. He made his first debut on September 19, 2013 and continued his run through 2016, after which he returned to the series as Carlos' twin brother, Joe Rivera. Parise appeared in the final episode of Mad Men, where he played Vince, the guru. Parise uttered the last spoken words of the iconic series.
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